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			{{Short description\|Indian LGBTQ support and social group}}
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	\|name = ~~GoodAsYou~~		\|name = Good As You
	\|logo = Good_As_You_Blr_Logo.jpg		\|logo = Good_As_You_Blr_Logo.jpg
	\|type =Self-funded support group		\|type =Self-funded support group
	~~\|motto = Advocating equal rights in India~~		\|founded_date = 1994
	\|founded_date = ~~1997~~		\|founder = [[LGBTQ]] rights activists from Bangalore
	\|founder = [[~~LGBT~~]] rights activists from Bangalore
	\|location = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]		\|location = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]
	\|origins = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]		\|origins = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]
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	\|area_served = ~~{{Flagcountry\|IND}}~~		\|area_served = India
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	\|focus = Equal rights for sexual and gender minorities in India		\|focus = Equal rights for sexual and gender minorities in India
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	'''Good As You''' is a support and social group for [[~~LGBT~~]] people and others questioning their sexuality in [[Bangalore]]. It started in 1994 and is one of the longest surviving groups that advocates equal rights for [[homosexuals]] and other [[sexual minorities]] in Bangalore.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~\|title=As good as it can get\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/as-good-as-it-can-get/article1693899.ece\|~~website~~=The Hindu\|~~publisher~~=~~The Hindu~~\|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref>		'''Good As You''' is a support and social group for [[LGBTQ]] people and others questioning their gender and sexuality in [[Bangalore]]. It started in 1994 and is one of the longest surviving groups that advocates equal rights for [[homosexuals]] and other gender and [[sexual minorities]] in Bangalore.<ref>{{cite news\|title=As good as it can get\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/as-good-as-it-can-get/article1693899.ece\|work=The Hindu\|date=13 April 2011\|accessdate=19 July 2014\|last1=Chandran\|first1=Vinay}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Peter \|first1=Jeff \|title=LGBT Culture in Bangalore \|url=https://er-sucht-ihn.de/magazin/lgbt-bewegung/ \|access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	In 1994, a few LGBT rights activists gathered at a local restaurant and decided to have a discussion forum for the sexual minorities at Bangalore. Within a week, it was decided that the group name would be ''Good As You'', and meetings started taking place weekly. Samraksha, an AIDS counselling center, provided their office space for the meetups.<ref>{{cite web\|title=About Us page of Good As You\|url=http://www.oocities.org/goodasyoubangalore/aboutus.htm\|website=oocities.org/goodasyoubangalore\|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> Currently the weekly meetups happen at Swabhava office.		In 1994, a few LGBT rights activists gathered at a local restaurant and decided to have a discussion forum for the sexual minorities at Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Pravallika: A transgender's death is not sexy enough for us \|url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/pravallika-a-transgenders-death-is-not-sexy-enough-for-us-lgbtq-hyderabad-1691 \|access-date=2024-07-08 \|website=www.dailyo.in \|language=en}}</ref> Within a week, it was decided that the group name would be ''Good As You'', and meetings started taking place weekly.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2018-09-07 \|title=Bengaluru has always been at the forefront of LGBTQ rights \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengaluru-has-always-been-at-the-forefront-of-lgbtq-rights/articleshow/65713951.cms \|access-date=2024-07-08 \|work=The Times of India \|issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Samraksha, an AIDS counselling center, provided their office space for the meetups.<ref>{{cite web\|title=About Us page of Good As You\|url=http://www.oocities.org/goodasyoubangalore/aboutus.htm\|website=oocities.org/goodasyoubangalore\|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref>

			Currently the weekly meetups happen at Swabhava office. Since Covid-19 Pandemic, the meetings happen both [https://www.instagram.com/goodasyou.blr/ online] and offline.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Niranjan \|first=Spoorthi \|date=2024-02-20 \|title=Pride And The City: Creating Queer Third Spaces In Bengaluru \|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2024/02/20/pride-and-the-city-creating-queer-third-spaces-in-bengaluru/ \|access-date=2024-07-08 \|website=Feminism in India \|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Mohandas \|first=Poornima \|date=22 May 2008 \|title=It might be illegal and disputed but Bangalore embraces its gays \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/zebCIqmxpVEoy3YLMZrGDJ/It-might-be-illegal-and-disputed-but-Bangalore-embraces-its.html \|access-date=8 July 2024 \|website=Live Mint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Maya The Drag Queen Talks About 5 LGBTQAI+ Pro Collectives {{!}} LBB \|url=https://lbb.in/bangalore/five-pro-lgbtqai-collectives/ \|access-date=2024-07-08 \|website=LBB, Bangalore \|language=en}}</ref>

	==Activities==		==Activities==

	# Good As You is patron to an LGBT newsletter called Sangha Mitra which is published from Bangalore. ~~Three~~ issues have been printed so far.		# Good As You is patron to an LGBT newsletter called Sangha Mitra (now Sangamithra, ಸಂಗಮಿತ್ರ) which is published from Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Dore \|first=Bhavya \|date=2015-11-08 \|title=For LGBT community, the internet can't quite replace magazine culture \|url=http://scroll.in/article/764889/for-lgbt-community-the-internet-cant-quite-replace-magazine-culture \|access-date=2024-07-08 \|website=Scroll.in \|language=en}}</ref> 9 issues have been printed so far since 1998. A new edition marking the 30th Anniversary of the Group is in the offing with the theme 'An Ode to the Past, a Nod to the Future!' 'ನೆನ್ನೆಯ ನೆನೆಯುತ್ತ ನಾಳಿನತ್ತ ನಡಿಗೆ’.
	# Good As You helped students of National Law School of India, University to organise the country's first Gay Rights Seminar in 1997.		# Good As You helped students of National Law School of India, University to organise the country's first Gay Rights Seminar in 1997.
	# Good As You also co-sponsored "Emerging Gay Spaces in Bangalore" (a bi-lingual public lecture in English and Kannada, co-sponsored with Sabrang) in 1998.		# Good As You also co-sponsored "Emerging Gay Spaces in Bangalore" (a bi-lingual public lecture in English and Kannada, co-sponsored with Sabrang) in 1998.
	# Various picnics and social meetings have been organised by members of Good As You on different occasions bringing the community closer together.		# Various picnics and social meetings have been organised by members of Good As You on different occasions bringing the community closer together.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Ramani \|first=Priya \|date=7 November 2015 \|title=A guide to talking to your parents \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/dBcN1Dzc3r3ZNeATRFq73K/A-guide-to-talking-to-your-parents.html \|access-date=8 July 2024 \|website=Live Mint}}</ref>
	# 30 November 2000. Presentation by Dr. Shekhar Seshadri on child abuse.		# 30 November 2000. Presentation by Dr. Shekhar Seshadri on child abuse.
	# 17 December 2000. Manish leads the first bakery workshop.		# 17 December 2000. Manish leads the first bakery workshop.
	# July 1, 2001, Good As You members took part in the public meeting 'Breaking the Silence: Sexuality Minorities Speak Out', organised by the Coalition for Sexuality Minority Rights.		# 1 July 2001, Good As You members took part in the public meeting 'Breaking the Silence: Sexuality Minorities Speak Out', organised by the Coalition for Sexuality Minority Rights.
			# [[Bangalore Queer Film Festival]] : The annual queer film festival in [[Bangalore]] that happens in Feb every year was initially organized by Vinay Chandran with Good As You along with other collectives in the city.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2012-05-16 \|title=Keeping it short but potent \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2011/Dec/15/keeping-it-short-but-potent-320648.html \|access-date=2024-07-08 \|website=The New Indian Express \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Staff \|first=T. N. M. \|date=2016-02-24 \|title=Bangalore Queer Film Festival: Here's the full list of movies that will be screened \|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/bangalore-queer-film-festival-heres-full-list-movies-will-be-screened-39305 \|access-date=2024-07-08 \|website=The News Minute \|language=en}}</ref>
	# Queer friendly poetry readings at Urban Solace on Tuesday nights		# Queer friendly poetry readings at Urban Solace on Tuesday nights
	# Queer Bowling League: Wednesdays 8.30pm at Amoeba, Church Street		# Queer Bowling League: Wednesdays 8.30pm at Amoeba, Church Street
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	# Pink Divas dance workshops: Swabhava on Friday evenings		# Pink Divas dance workshops: Swabhava on Friday evenings
	# "Married & Queer" sub-group of Goodasyou has queer people entangled in heterosexual marriages.		# "Married & Queer" sub-group of Goodasyou has queer people entangled in heterosexual marriages.
	# Film screenings at Swabhava every Saturday 6PM onwards.<ref>http://goodasyoublr.blogspot.in/2014/11/goodasyou-support-group-counselors.html</ref>		# Film screenings at Swabhava every Saturday 6PM onwards.<ref>http://goodasyoublr.blogspot.in/2014/11/goodasyou-support-group-counselors.html {{User-generated source\|date=August 2022}}</ref>
	# Gay Runners & Brunch: Sundays Cubbon Park 9:30; Airlines 10:30 - 12:30		# Gay Runners & Brunch: Sundays Cubbon Park 9:30; Airlines 10:30 - 12:30
	# In June/July 2015, Members of Goodasyou organized free hugs and missed call campaigns<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://queercollectiveindia.blogspot.in/\|title=QueerCollectiveIndia\|website=queercollectiveindia.blogspot.in\|language=en\|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>		# In June/July 2015, Members of Goodasyou organized free hugs and missed call campaigns<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://queercollectiveindia.blogspot.in/\|title=QueerCollectiveIndia\|website=queercollectiveindia.blogspot.in\|language=en\|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>

	==Support==		==Support==
	Good As You provides legal and moral support. Counselling is provided for LGBT people and other sexual minorities as well as HIV infected people.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://goodasyoublr.blogspot.in/\|title=Good as You Bangalore\|website=goodasyoublr.blogspot.in\|language=en\|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>		Good As You provides mental health, legal and moral support. The space has also ground for creations of many other groups including Queer Campus and Queer Reads Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Niranjan \|first=Spoorthi \|date=2024-02-20 \|title=Pride And The City: Creating Queer Third Spaces In Bengaluru \|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2024/02/20/pride-and-the-city-creating-queer-third-spaces-in-bengaluru/ \|access-date=2024-07-08 \|website=Feminism in India \|language=en-GB}}</ref>

			Counselling is provided for LGBT people and other sexual minorities as well as HIV infected people.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://goodasyoublr.blogspot.in/\|title=Good as You Bangalore\|website=goodasyoublr.blogspot.in\|language=en\|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
			{{Portal\|India\|LGBTQ}}
	* [[LGBT culture in Bangalore]]		* [[LGBT culture in Bangalore]]

	==References==		==References==
	~~<references/>~~		{{reflist}}

	==External links==		==External links==
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	[[Category:~~LGBT~~ organisations in India]]		[[Category:LGBTQ organisations based in India]]

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	==See also==		==See also==
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	* [[LGBT culture in Bangalore]]		* [[LGBT culture in Bangalore]]

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'''Good As You''' is a support and social group for [[LGBT]] people and others questioning their sexuality in [[Bangalore]]. It started in 1994 and is one of the longest surviving groups that advocates equal rights for [[homosexuals]] and other [[sexual minorities]] in Bangalore.<ref>{{cite web|title=As good as it can get|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/as-good-as-it-can-get/article1693899.ece|website=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref>

==History==
In 1994, a few LGBT rights activists gathered at a local restaurant and decided to have a discussion forum for the sexual minorities at Bangalore. Within a week, it was decided that the group name would be ''Good As You'', and meetings started taking place weekly. Samraksha, an AIDS counselling center, provided their office space for the meetups.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us page of Good As You|url=http://www.oocities.org/goodasyoubangalore/aboutus.htm|website=oocities.org/goodasyoubangalore|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> Currently the weekly meetups happen at Swabhava office.

==Activities==

# Good As You is patron to an LGBT newsletter called Sangha Mitra which is published from Bangalore. Three issues have been printed so far.
# Good As You helped students of National Law School of India, University to organise the country's first Gay Rights Seminar in 1997.
# Good As You also co-sponsored "Emerging Gay Spaces in Bangalore" (a bi-lingual public lecture in English and Kannada, co-sponsored with Sabrang) in 1998.
# Various picnics and social meetings have been organised by members of Good As You on different occasions bringing the community closer together.
# 30 November 2000. Presentation by Dr. Shekhar Seshadri on child abuse.
# 17 December 2000. Manish leads the first bakery workshop.
# July 1, 2001, Good As You members took part in the public meeting 'Breaking the Silence: Sexuality Minorities Speak Out', organised by the Coalition for Sexuality Minority Rights.
# Queer friendly poetry readings at Urban Solace on Tuesday nights
# Queer Bowling League: Wednesdays 8.30pm at Amoeba, Church Street
# Good As You meetings: Thursdays 7pm-9pm at Swabhava. They discuss various topics that effect Queer people in India, from Sec.377 to cultural prejudice against unmarried people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://goodasyoublr.blogspot.in/|title=Good as You Bangalore|website=goodasyoublr.blogspot.in|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>
# Pink Divas dance workshops: Swabhava on Friday evenings
# "Married & Queer" sub-group of Goodasyou has queer people entangled in heterosexual marriages.
# Film screenings at Swabhava every Saturday 6PM onwards.<ref>http://goodasyoublr.blogspot.in/2014/11/goodasyou-support-group-counselors.html</ref>
# Gay Runners & Brunch: Sundays Cubbon Park 9:30; Airlines 10:30 - 12:30
# In June/July 2015, Members of Goodasyou organized free hugs and missed call campaigns<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://queercollectiveindia.blogspot.in/|title=QueerCollectiveIndia|website=queercollectiveindia.blogspot.in|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>

==Support==
Good As You provides legal and moral support. Counselling is provided for LGBT people and other sexual minorities as well as HIV infected people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://goodasyoublr.blogspot.in/|title=Good as You Bangalore|website=goodasyoublr.blogspot.in|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India|LGBT}}
* [[LGBT culture in Bangalore]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://goodasyoublr.blogspot.in/ GoodAsYou blog]

{{commons category|LGBT in India}}
{{LGBT in India}}
{{Asia topic|LGBT rights in}}

[[Category:LGBT organisations in India]]